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      • About the Office
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      • Organizational structure of the office
      • Complaints rules
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      • Quality standards
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  • How can we help?
    • Separation of parents and child custody arrangements
      • What issues need to be addressed when parents separate?
      • Out-of-court solutions for child custody in the event of parental separation
      • Judicial regulation of child custody in the Czech Republic
      • Which court will decide on the custody of children in international families?
      • Role and tasks of the Office in the judicial regulation of child care in the Czech Republic
      • Tools to facilitate parental agreements and other communication
    • Adjustment of mutual contact between parents and children
      • How and why to adjust parents' contact with children
      • How to ensure contact with a child who lives abroad?
      • What concerns do parents have? How can the Office help?
      • Practical recommendations for making contact
    • Travelling and moving with your child between countries
      • Rules on travelling and moving with your child between countries
      • I want to move abroad with my child
      • I want to go abroad with my child for a short time
      • Preventive tools for international parental child abduction
      • How to ensure the return of a child from abroad to the Czech Republic?
      • How do I arrange my child's return from the Czech Republic to the country where he/she has been living?
      • Criminal aspects of international parental abduction
      • Passport for the child
    • Determining and Denying Parenthood
      • Determination and denial of parenthood in the Czech Republic
      • Establishing and Denying Paternity in the International Context
      • The role of the Office in court proceedings to establish and deny paternity
    • Maintenance
      • Maintenance - who pays it, how much, to whom and for how long
      • I need to recover maintenance from abroad (payments to the Czech Republic)
      • I need to recover maintenance from the Czech Republic (payments abroad)
      • I need to increase or decrease child support
      • Spare maintenance
      • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Intercountry adoption
      • Intercountry adoption of a child from abroad to the Czech Republic
      • Intercountry adoption from the Czech Republic to a foreign country
      • Biological roots
    • Stepparent adoption (Adoption by a spouse of the parent)
      • Stepparent adoption in the Czech Republic
      • Stepparent adoption in the international context
      • Role of the Office in the stepparent adoption procedure
    • Substitute care
      • Substitute care in the Czech Republic
      • Foster family care in the international context
      • The role of the Office in court proceedings for the placement of a child in a substitute care
    • Removing children from families living abroad
      • Child not in the care of parents abroad
      • Child outside the care of parents in the Czech Republic
    • Participation of Children
    • Quality standards
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How can we help? - Office for International Legal Protection of Children

How can we help?

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Separation and childcare arrangements
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Contacts of parents and children
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Travelling abroad and parental abductions
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Determining and denying of parenthood
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Maintenance
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Intercountry adoptions
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Second-parent adoption
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Substitute for Family care
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Removal of children living abroad from their homes

Participation of Children

Quality standards
If you are not sure whether you should contact our office,
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Contacts

Office for International Legal Protection of Children
Kounicova 683/14
602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

 

+420 542 215 522
podatelna@umpod.cz 

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Office hours

Office hours for public

Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00

Arrange a consultation in advance by phone
or by e-mail (it is possible to arrange other days).

 

Secretariat / Registry office

Monday 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday 08:00 - 16:00
Friday 08:00 - 12:00

How can we help?

  • Separation and childcare arrangements
  • Contacts of parents and children
  • Travelling abroad and parental abductions
  • Determining and denying of parenthood
  • Maintenance
  • Intercountry adoptions
  • Second-parent adoption
  • Substitute for Family care
  • Removal of children living abroad from their homes
  • Participation of Children
  • Quality standards
  • Accessibility statement
  • Protection of personal data
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